NOW — how similar are you to Madison Maxwell in real life?
Honestly, we all are truly our characters in our friend group. We really are. It’s funny because I feel like in your friend group, everyone has a different dynamic, and we wanted to all go to dinner after we wrapped, and so, very Madison of me, I group-texted like, “Okay, guys, what’s a good date? We’re going here.” And then Shay was like, “We’re gonna go to this restaurant,” because she knows all the good restaurants, so I made the reservation, and Kat’s like, “How far is it from my house? Where is it?” And then Esther’s like, “Can I see the menu? I have dietary restrictions.” And I was like, “Guys, we are actually our characters.”
THEN — how similar are you to London Tipton in real life?
Obviously, I’m not a hotel heiress, but I think she was my fantasy character. For me, especially at that time, I got to play this outlandish character. She has my dream closet, and she didn’t have a care in the world, and that was so much fun. I think at that age, being able to have that kind of freedom to, like, play around with such an outlandish character was so much fun and so liberating. I don’t know if we have much in common, but I would say that I got to live out a bunch of fantasies playing London.
THEN — London meant so much to a lot of people growing up. What do you think it was about her character that resonated with so many children?
I think exactly what I said before — she is just a fantasy character that you can just kind of enjoy and laugh at, and you get a peek into this otherworldly world. Like, who didn’t want a little London Tipton in their life? At least for me, that’s what I would always say. I literally loved stepping into her shoes every single day.